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The decade featured Hurricane Andrew, which at the time was the costliest hurricane on record, and also Hurricane Mitch, which is considered to be the deadliest tropical cyclone to have its name retired, killing over 11,000 people in Central America. A total of 15 names were retired in this decade, seven during the 1995 and 1996 seasons.
Here's a list of the retired names according to the National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center. 1954: Carol and Hazel 1955: Connie, Diane, Ione and Janet
List of retired Australian region cyclone names; List of retired Pacific hurricane names; List of retired Pacific typhoon names; List of retired Philippine typhoon names; List of retired South Pacific cyclone names; In addition, one South Atlantic tropical cyclone name, Kamby, was retired before being used, for unknown reasons, and was replaced ...
The original WMO policy of naming storms with Greek letters stated that if a storm was destructive enough to warrant retirement of the name, the Greek letter would be used again, but the name, with the year after it, would be included in the list of retired names; for example, "Alpha (2005)" would be listed under retired names, but Alpha could ...
Since 1954, 96 tropical storm names have been retired in the Atlantic, which occurs when storms reach a certain threshold and are conside When it comes to retired hurricane names, one letter ...
Historically, hurricanes starting with the letter 'I' have been retired the most (12 times) since the retirement practice started in 1953. When it comes to retired hurricane names, the 'I's have ...
1981 – major hurricane that traversed the Atlantic Ocean, affecting France as an extratropical cyclone. 1999 – slow-moving hurricane that struck Cuba and Florida, causing 18 deaths and $800 million in damage. 2005 – hurricane that passed between North Carolina and Bermuda, generating high surf that killed one person.
Of the 94 retired names, a total of 14 storm names beginning with the letter “I” have been retired, besting any other letter. According to the National Hurricane Center , they are: Ione ’55